Sat, May 18, 2002

I want to thank Democratic leaders and their liberal pundit enablers for reminding me that despite Republicans sometimes straying from the reservation of conservatism and good sense, they will never match the mischief and folly of Democratic leaders.

Secretary of State Colin Powell was on the telephone early last Monday morning to presidential political adviser Karl Rove, assuring him he was not responsible for and did not agree with that morning's New York Times front-page criticism of Rove.

Four of us, two grandmothers and two mothers, sat on the terrace,
celebrating Mother's Day at brunch, sipping mimosas, nibbling at cold
salmon and warm quiche, talking about life, liberty and the pursuit of
happiness.

Did Attorney General John Ashcroft provide ammunition to a Taliban fighter? That is the thrust of a story that appeared in The New York Times on May 16 under the headline, "Lindh Wants Charge Dropped Using Justice Dept. Argument."

Thu, May 16, 2002

Having been cheerfully assured by "Handgun Control, Inc." (aka the Brady Campaign) that the Constitution protects only kiddie porn and says absolutely nothing about guns, the New York Times has been viciously denouncing Attorney General John Ashcroft for having the temerity to suggest that the Second Amendment protects the "right of the people to keep and bear arms."

Loping around the bases....
President Bush continues to please. (1) By reversing three decades of federal Title IX enforcement, his administration now will encourage creation of single-gender public schools.

Sorry, but I've just about had my fill of the United Nations and the warped values it promotes. It is increasingly difficult to understand why the United States must continue to placate and support this misguided organization.

The Israelis, in particular, are repeatedly advised about the futility of fighting terrorism by military means. This is again odd coming from the United States, which is doing precisely that in Afghanistan, Pakistan, the Philippines, Yemen and other places we have yet to learn about.

Former President Ronald Reagan once accused Congress of spending like a drunken sailor and immediately had second thoughts: "But that would be unfair to the drunken sailor. At least he's spending his own money."

Look at a University of California application, and you'll see why UC Regent Ward Connerly wrote the Racial Privacy Initiative (RPI), which would prohibit the state from classifying people by their ethnicity.